As someone else put it, being an adult is having the “we have food at home” conversation with yourself.
Hey don’t put this on me, I never asked to be born.
That a burden was consensual, probably, doesn’t stop it from being a burden.
As a counter point, i make less than my parents did when the were my age and pay more in rent than they did on their mortgage without adjusting for inflation. Also, buying food for a family costs essentially the same as buying food for one, as nearly all recipes you find are assuming you are gonna feed a family with it.
My mother used to go for groceries once every two weeks for 4 people.
It would cost about $80 in the 90s. I know this because she always saved receipts where she saved a lot on the total (back when sales were actually sales and not markups in disguise).
My grocery trip for one for two weeks is over $200. And I’m extremely frugal about it (couldn’t tell you the last time I bought meat, eggs, or butter, but easily over a year ago cuz it’s too expensive) something she wasn’t.
We were always poor, but that means something entirely different now…
Yeah i remember the first time my mom had a $100 grocery bill shortly after my baby brother was born in 2003. I didn’t even get into the elevated food prices, i just wanted to focus on how i make less money and pay more for housing and my shitty car every month than my parents did when they were my age without adjusting for inflation. We are all fucked financially.
As an older person for this site I can attest that food prices have outpaced inflation by quite a bit, especially when looking at eating out.
Since 2014 groceries rose in price by 30% and restaurant pricing went up by over 60%.
Corporations are just continuously turning the screws and are then surprised when it affects consumer demand.
As a parent, helping my kid will NEVER be a burden.
Children aren’t a burden, they’re a choice and a responsibility.
I grow a lot of mine and hunt when I can. Apart from paying way more, dealing with all the things you deal with grocery shopping is a thousand times worse.
Do you normally start from seed? Do you try to keep seeds from previous years? I tend to just collect herb seeds because they’re quite simple. (Cilantro, basil, mint)
Bit of everything,. For seasonal stuff I go for a seedling shop when I think the season’s shifting. Otherwise, seeds. I usually turn up the beds for anything seasonal and try something else for variety, so often aren’t keeping seeds. Things like herbs mostly all survive all year round so are permanent residents.
It was significantly cheaper back then.
